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Historian James Truslow Adams often receives credit for first popularizing the idea of the American dream.
The Myth of the First American Flag. Betsy Ross is best known for making the first American flag. The story told is that she made the flag after a visit in June 1776 by George Washington, Robert Morris, and her husband's uncle, George Ross. She demonstrated how to cut a 5-pointed star with a single clip of the scissors, if the fabric were folded correctly.